Naypyitaw vs UWSA: Same ploy, same pattern
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So now, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar article, Outcome of Pang Seng conference and the true identity of UWSA, 18 May...
The Peace Process: What’s next?
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As delegates from each ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) head for the Wa capital of Panghsang aka Pangkham on the Sino-Burmese border, one question: whether...
Behind the Wa hosted ethnic conference
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The first question asked by several ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) when the invitation to a peace conference in Panghsang (officially Pang Kham) on 6...
War and peace process can’t go together
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On 19 April, government owned media reported that a total of 126 soldiers were killed and 359 more injured during the fight in Kokang....
The journey for peace takes first step
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Dr Hannes Siebert who has been involved in several peace process around the globe including Burma/Myanmar told listeners at the Chiangmai University last year...
New history text: How to keep hate speeches on the wane
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Yesterday, SHAN was inundated with comments full of wrath and hate for its reports on the abuses-as-usual activities of the Burma Army troops in...
President sending wrong signal
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President Thein Sein, accompanied by Commander in Chief Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing, visited troops wounded during clashes with the Kokang ‘renegades’ on Monday,...
To the defense chief: Be brave to make peace
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On 5 January 1968, Peng Jiasheng, “with all out Chinese support”, as Bertil Lintner wrote in his Burma in Revolt, entered Kokang and seized...
Ethnic leaders, keep on the proactive!
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It is easy to be feel negative of one’s opponent — if he’s doing nothing, “he’s bad as I have always told you.” If...
Panglong Agreement: Burma’s Magna Carta
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This year’s Union Day is significant, not only because leaders of all non-Burman states including armed movements that have been fighting against successive governments...